Aristotle's Politics: Living Well and Living Together

Aristotle's Politics: Living Well and Living Together

â€œMan is a political animal,â€ Aristotle asserts near the beginning of the Politics. In this novel reading of one of the foundational texts of political philosophy, Eugene Garver traces the surprising implications of Aristotleâ€™s claim and explores the treatiseâ€™s relevance to ongoing political concerns. Often dismissed as overly grounded in Aristotleâ€™s specific moment in time, in fact the Politics challenges contemporary understandings of human action and allows us to better see ourselves today.

Close examination of Aristotleâ€™s treatise, Garver finds, reveals a significant, practical role for philosophy to play in politics. Philosophers present arguments about issuesâ€”such as the right and the good, justice and modes of governance, the relation between the good person and the good citizen, and the character of a good lifeâ€”that politicians must then make appealing to their fellow citizens. Completing Garverâ€™s trilogy on Aristotleâ€™s unique vision, Aristotleâ€™s Politics yields new ways of thinking about ethics and politics, ancient and modern.
Country USA
Brand University of Chicago Press
Manufacturer University of Chicago Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate 2014-04-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780226154985

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